Repparfjorden

[1] As of 2015, the municipal and national authorities have made plans to dump up to two million tons of waste into the fjord annually for fifteen years.

Nussir ASA is developing a copper mine in the Repparfjord, located in Finnmark in the far northwestern region of Norway.

Sámi Parliament is a cultural council in strong opposition to the decision to allow mining and dumping of waste in the Repparfjord.

[7] The Sámi people make their living off of reindeer husbandry and fishing, and fear that the Nussir mining operation will destroy the ecosystem needed to cultivate their livelihood.

Despite the large amounts of waste, Nussir claims to be the supplier of "one of the World's cleanest copper ores" and "environmentally friendly," according to their website.

[9] A copper mine in Arctic Norway threatens to contaminate a fjord used by Sámi fishermen and disrupt Native reindeer calving areas.

According to the report, the coagulation process will cause high concentrations of dangerous materials to accumulate around the discharge location on the bottom, affecting just a small portion of the fjord.

According to Van der Meern, it would only take one unpredictable weather event, such as an inundated river or high winds, which are growing more frequent as the climate changes, to send the dangerous material to the surface, north to the Barents Sea, and beyond.

Norway is one of just four nations in the world that allows the mining sector to dump tailings in fjords, the others being Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Turkey.

The projected negative effects will be borne by present consumers of natural resources, particularly Sámi reindeer herders and fishermen.